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F40PHR231 Wrote:
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> 16) It was pretty cool seeing downtown Denver lit
> up with the last remaining sunlight for the day.
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> 17) Easing down the slopes around Big Ten Curve.
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> 18) Someone's a DRGW fan!

That DRGW unit looks really cool. I would think all kids in the neighborhood must love it

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

It could be someone's "man cave"...

Great pictures! Thanks for your efforts and skill.

Your shots out the back window are great!  Especially the meet, which couldn't have happened at a better spot.

Andy

Thank you for a great photo essay.

Very good to see Union Station busy.  When I was there last winter it was distinctly eerie to see all the empty tracks and platforms.

I think Amtrak spent more on that magnificent sign for the SLC station than they did the station itself. The "temporary" SLC AmShack is now in its 15th year if I'm not mistaken...

Very nice photos! Your images bring back many happy memories of my business trips for Amtrak between Salt Lake City and Denver "back in the day" (starting in 1983) and on the Rio Grande Zephyr before that... I wonder if that D&RGW unit in the backyard out west of Denver (Arvada?) could be Joe McMillan's or Steve Paterson's home? A number of crews used to wave to them when they would roll by on the CZ.

Thanks for sharing, and glad you had a good trip!

Best wishes,

ShastaDaylight

Even open door on the new baggage cars.   Amtrak said the old car doors would not stay shut !  Now what do they say.

Spectacular color in all your pix, F40PHR231.Thanks.

that shed has been there a long time, it isn't joes

ShastaDaylight Wrote:
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 I wonder if that D&RGW unit
> in the backyard out west of Denver (Arvada?) could
> be Joe McMillan's or Steve Paterson's home? A
> number of crews used to wave to them when they
> would roll by on the CZ.

No, not their residences --- they live about a mile west of that playground engine.   It has been there for decades, was originally painted maroon with yellow lettering.  Glad to see it is now black.

mundo Wrote:
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> Even open door on the new baggage cars.   Amtrak
> said the old car doors would not stay shut !  Now
> what do they say.

Crew member taking a smoke break perhaps?  Or just enjoying the fresh air?

Dave

Nice stuff as usual, Chris.  Thanks for getting the photos and sharing with us.

timecruncher

Great pics Chris, hope you had fun in Denver!

The 5414 has been black since at least 1992, although I swear I saw it in 1984 in black, too. TFV

hoghead22 Wrote:
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> ShastaDaylight Wrote:
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>  I wonder if that D&RGW unit
> > in the backyard out west of Denver (Arvada?)
> could
> > be Joe McMillan's or Steve Paterson's home? A
> > number of crews used to wave to them when they
> > would roll by on the CZ.
>
> No, not their residences --- they live about a
> mile west of that playground engine.   It has
> been there for decades, was originally painted
> maroon with yellow lettering.  Glad to see it is
> now black.

Someone in Green River, UT also has a motor home painted in Rio Grande colors. Visible from the north side of the CZ about 1/4 mile east of the station.

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